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GEORGE O. TAFT, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 99,494, dated February 1, 1870; anterlated January21, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN TWINE-CUTTER The Schedule referred to in these LettersPatent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE G. TAFT, of the city and county of Worcester,and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful ImprovementinTwine- Cntter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompau; ing drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 represents a face or front view of my improved twine cutter.

Figure 2 represents a vertical side view.

Figure 3 represents a vertical central View, in which is shown the formof knife (I.

Figure 4 represents a plan view.

This invention relates to an improved twine-cutter, which has manyadvantages over the stationary twinecntter which is in common use.

My improved twine-cutteris so arranged that it can be attached to thevest, or any convenient place on a personsclothing, when wanted for use,as shown in fig. '1.

a represents a plan view of the shield, fig. 1.

i 1) represents the, spring-bar, to which the cuttingknife is secured, I

0 represents the two screws which confine the springbar I) to shield a,as shown in fig. 1.

(Z represents the cutting-knife, which is attached to spring-bar b,which cutting-knife, in form, is a right angle, forming two distinctcutting-edges.

The lower part of the cutting-knife d passes through shield a, for thepurpose of forming two distinct cutting-edges upon the cutting-knife, asshown in fig. 3 and letter d. i

The object in so forming the cutting-knife, is to prevent thepossibility of the. t-winc passing the first and second cuts withoutbeing cut entirely oif.

0 represents the breech-pin, for the purpose of confining thecutter-shield to the vest, or any convenient place on the person whenwanted for use.

f represents a hook, which secures pin e in the proper t'astenings whilethe cut-terisin use.

g represents the form of shield, in fig. 4, though I do not confinemyself to any given form of shield.

It represents the slot cut through the centre of the shield, as shown infig. 4, for the purpose of allowing the lower part of the cutting-knifea] to pass through the shield, as shown in figs. 2 and 3.

I represents the two screw-holes, which receive the two screws, for thepurpose of holding spring-bar b, as shown in fig. 1, letter 0.

Having thus described my invention,

What 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The twine-cutter herein described, having springbarb, and knife (1,arranged upon the shield a, and

adapted for attachment to the operators garment by the pin 0 and hook f,or their equivalents, substan tially as specified.

GEO. C. TAFT.

Witnesses: i

GEO. O. TAFT, Jr., CHARLES B. CHAPMAN.

